Finding Strategy After Tragedy

Finding Strategy After Tragedy

by | Jun 22, 2016 | Featured Post, Strategy

Before Orlando I had not thought about gun violence in the same way I think of other public health hazards. My response to such an outrageous and seemingly avoidable disaster was to advocate that the only appropriate response would be to remove guns from our society...
Long-Term Care Costs

Long-Term Care Costs

by | Jun 3, 2016 | Costs, Featured Post

I like to believe that I’m too young to think about who will take care of me when I’m old and frail and can no longer prepare my own meals, bathe myself, or even tie my own shoes. But my father’s personal narrative has taught me to plan ahead: I now have an advance...
Choices: Understanding Risk, Loss, Persuasion and Compulsion in Healthcare

Choices: Understanding Risk, Loss, Persuasion and Compulsion in Healthcare

by | May 24, 2016 | Accountability, Costs, Delivery, Featured Post, Lean, Payment Models, Population Health Management, Process Improvement, Reform

My wife had a simple mantra that she repeated each time our boys left the house to go out with their friends. She would say, “Make good choices!”. Her inference was that there was loss associated with bad choices. Never before have patients, families, doctors, other...